The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 10, 1951, Page 2

! f A [ f | i | } e PAGE TWO pr— ————————————————————————————————————— uccery BARGAINS| Cannon . . 72x108 $4.35 | Percale Sheels. . 81x108 4.65 | ( First Quality Scotland Imperial Hob Nails Spreads Reduced to Clear-Slightly Soiled Regular $8.95 Now 35.00 dses Dan River Prints in Handy {vis 1% to 5 yd. Pieces Stroork’s Wool Reduced for Quick Selling $3.29yd. UAdriUL 95¢ Finest Quality Chenille Bedspreads Reduced to Clear-Slightly Soiled $19.95-Now 1L.50 $22.50-Now 13.50.| Big Husky Cannon Bath Towels Solid Colors Towel - 50c Hand Towel-35¢ Wash Cloth-15¢ B e e e e e ; Ed/m ,‘Bzfz&zc/i ea 1 QAALITY SINCE 1887 TAKU TOASTMASTERS 10 | MEET §P. M, THURSDAY The regular meeting of the Taku Toastmasters will be held at 6 pm, | tomorrow at the Baranof Hotel | ‘Wayne Richey will preside as Top- | ic-master during the dinner and wil call on members to speak on| various topics he will assign. Lt. Comdr. E. C. Hawley will| preside as Toastmaster during the after dinner speeches. An interesi- ing program is planned with Dr John Clement, Mr, Urban Nelson and Dr. Ted Oberman scheduled | for 5 minute talks. Mr. Ed Peyton' will deliver the' impromptu talk on} a subject which will be assigned to him only a few minutes before he will be called upon to speak. The hightight of the program will be a 10 minute talk by W. A, Elkins on the subject of “Skull- duggery.” Joseph McLean will give a gener- al evaluation of the meeting and ¢ call upon members to evaluate the individual speakers. Peter Warner is assigned as Grammarian and will point out errors in language made by nervous speakers who might not realize what they Jack Burford will say at 6:00 pm. sharp. An interesting and new feature of a “mike” for the speaxers has been arranged throvgh the efforts of McLean. grace WEATHER UPSETS AIRLINE TRAVEL Due to socked in weather condi- tions in this area yesterday regu- lar airline flights were somewhat disrupted. Pan American Airways' northbound flight from Seattle ex- pected to arrive at 4:15 this af- ternoon, weather permitting, and the southbound plane was poised at the Juneau Airport to take off the minute conditions permitted. Pan American’s 905 flight out of Seattle yesterday overheaded Ju- neau and took Juneau passengers Dawson, Vvonne Hass, E. C. Hort- son, Olive Montel, Valerie Stromme, Ole Twedt, Georgie Wade and C. E. Walter. It is hoped to bring them back here tomorrow on the flight from Fairbanks. Pacific Northern Airlines flight from Anchorage yesterday over- nighted at Gustavus and hoped to t in today. The regular PNA tlight irom Anchorage was enroute Juneau at noon, PAY INCREASE ON WEST COAST GIVES NO DISPUTE RELIEF; SAN FRANCISCO, van. 10—#— Twenty-five thousand west coast shipyard workers today had a 12 cent an hour wage increase, effec- tive Jan. 15, but that failed to settle the tense pay dispute. Machinists who struck in Seattle recently for a 19 cent increase de- clared the 12 cent hike was not enough. But they indicated they did not expect to strike again. East Bay carpenters, however, did walk out of two shipyards doing repair work on Navy tankers and declared they would accept the 12 cents only if another seven cents were added for the use of their tools, which they supply. t o Trades Council had a stormy three- hour meeting on the offer. ANS ELECTRICIAN HERE Service traveling elqctrician, is stitute. He leaves Friday for con- struction Wwork at the ANS Mt. Edgecumbe hospital. Andrick high- ly rates the work of the Air Search |and Rescue Group at Ladd Fiel | after he was recently forced down jm a light plane near Fairbanks. RELIGHT GRAVES PT. to Whitehorse. They were: Roy Point at Taku Harbor to relight a Avrit, A, L. Bescancon, A, L. Bys- | navigation light there, it was re- trom, Dolcres Bystrom, Harold | ported by headquarters here today. l Marie's Sewing Center, y EMBLEM CLUB T0 MEET TOMORROW Final plans for an Emblem Club basket social to be held at the Elks Hull were made yesterday afternoon | by the entertainment committec, Mrs. Joe Thomas, chairman and tre Ways and Means committee, M s. Carl Casperson, chairman. This basket social will ¢ an added attraction of the Elks Ladies Night Jan. 27. Each member attend- ing is requested to take a lunch basket. Plans were also made for a skit for the Rotary Variety Show, and a practice will be held after the Emblem Club meeting January 11. Due to the election of officers and the amount of business all mem- bers are asked to be at the Elks Hall promptly at 8 p.m. RARE VOLUMES ARE RECEIVED HERE BY MRS. RALPH BROWNE Two volumes of the most récent English translation of Hans Chris- tian Anderson’s fairy tales arrived in Juneau this week for Mrs. Ralph Browne as a gift from relatives in The Pacific Coast District Metal | Denmark. The translation, made from the original Danish text under the su- pervision of the Hans Christian Anderson Museum at Odense, is claimed to be the most interpreta- Marion Andrick, Alaska Native |tive of the many made thus far. The books’ illustrations are reproduc- here on business after completing | tions of the originals now on display a survey at the ANS Wrangell In-|at the museum. WEST JUNEAU MEETING West Juneau residents are re- q | minded by Bill Hixson of a meet-~ ing being held at 8 o'clock tonight at his home to elect officers of the West Juneau Water Co., and to dis- cuss a petition for the area to. incorporated into Juneau. All The 83-foot U.S. Coast Guard|dents of West Juneau are urged cutter left this morning for Graves | to be present. Sewing machines for rent at|since 1913 elected a freshman legis- 703-t¢ 'lator to the chair. ‘ |and: President and sometimes the fbeen a man with at least one legis- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA [rAs— (Third of a Series) Phe Pwentiecth Territortal Legis- lature will convene on Monday, January 22, probably at 10 am. The members will locate the places to hang their hats on the subse- quent 51 working days of the ses- sion. They will pick their desks and swivel chairs in the House or Senate and, after some preliminary hubbub and confused bustling around, they will mumble the words of the re- |quired oath of office: They will then receive their bulky three- volume sets of Compiled Laws of Alaska and, after some more chatter and aimless wandering, they will get down to the first important business—organization. This consists mainly, as with any organized body, in the election of officers and the naming of commit- tees. ‘The officers of the House of Rep- ‘| resentatives are the Speaker and | Chief Clerk, plus an assistant clerk or two, a sergeant-at-arms, door- keeper and messenger. In the .Sen- ate the officers are President and Secretary, along with the .same subsidiary officers as the House. Each house has also a chaplain, elected from outside the Legislature and generally from among the cler- gymen of ‘the city of Juneau. In . actual practice’ the Speaker other officers and even. the .com- mittees are frequently picked in caucuses before the session is con- vened. o 1 Even in that event there will be the prescribed formalities — . the election of a Temporary Speaker and Clerk in. the House and .of a | President. pro tem -and Secretary pro tem for the Senate, and formal nomination and eleetion from tHe floor. But it is not always so cut-and< tators are treated to an open and agitated whispering, the corridar caucuses and the promising and | pressuring that make a legislative | sessiz@ one of the big shows of the | year. Party Lvmes Foltowed Generally speaking, the two | houses have followed party lines. | That is, the Speaker and President have been members of the party the respeetive houses—when there' was a majority. There has not always been a ma- jority. In the first three Legisla-| tures, back in 1913, 1915 and 1917, there was a good deal of politi¢al variety in both the electorate an the elected in Alaska. The House in 1913 had seven Non- Partisans, four Republicans, two |Democrnts. one Independent, and one Progressive. There was also one ‘vacancy, as C. Mulally, elected from the Fourth Division, did not show up to take his seat. can Earnest B. Collins of the| Fourth Division to the Speaker- ship. In 1915, when the balance of power was held by the Non-Parti- sans and Independents with six members each, they again elected Collins to the chair. To this date he is the only man who has twice been Speaker of the House. Luther C. Hess, Fourth Dlvisionf Democrat, became Speaker in 1917 when the Democrats held seven of the 16 House seats. The other nine seats were filled by four Republi- cans, four Independents and a Non-Partisan. Two Party System Since 1917 there have been no Progressives or Non-Partisans in the Legislature and only a handful of Independents. Either the Demo- ! crats or the Republicans have held clear majorities in the House and, except in the 1947 House, they have been decisive majorities. In 1925, however, when there were 10 Republicans and three each Democrats and Independents, C. H. Wilcox, Third Division Democrat, was elected Speaker. In every other session since, 1917 the majority party elected the Speaker. In two sessions, in fact, it could not have been otherwise—the 14th and 16th House of Representatives contained Hot a single Republiean or Inde- pendent. While the Speaker has usually lative session behind him, freshmen legislators have been by no means left out. Since 1913, when of neces- sity a first-termer was elected, Luther C. Hess, E. J. White, Sumner 8. Smith and R. C. Rothenburg have been named Speaker while serving their first terms in the Legislature. Rotation of the Speakership among the Four Divisions is occa- sionally mentioned as an ideal ar- rangement, but rotation, so far as the House is concerned, has been a myth. The First Division has held the Speakership seven times, the Third Division six times, the First Division five times, and the Second Division only once. * The lone Second Division Speaker was Howard Lyng of Nome, who was in the chair in the 1939 ses- sion. Lyng is presently Democratic National Committeeman for Alaska and a Senator from the Second Division. Conservative Senate More conservative than the House, the Alaska Senate has only once A NORTHERN NOTEBOOK | By BOB DE ARMOND 4 { became Senate President in the face |dried and now and again the ‘spec- | prolonged battle, with all of the; having the majority membership in | The first House elected Republi-{or about January 22 and should |17-YEAR-OLD BOY o In the first session, 1913, when two Democrats, two Republicans, three Non-Partisans and an Inde- pendent were corralled together in the Senate Chamber in the Eks Building at Juneau, they selected L. V. Ray of Seward as President. Ray had been elected on the Non- Partisan ticket Dan 8. Sutherland, Fourth Divi- sion Republican, was President of the Second Senate, composed of three Democrats, two Republicans, two Non-Partisans and an Indepen- dent. Sutherland, who now lives in New Hampshire, had previously been United States Marshal for the First Division and subsequently was Delegate in Congress from Alaska for 10 years, 1921 to 1931. Suther- land and Henry Roden, present Treasurer of Alaska, are the only surviving members of the First Alaska Senate. | that the General had recommended NO WITHDRAWAL RECOMMENDATION BY MacARTHUR TOKYO, Jan. 10—#—General| MacArthur’s official spokesman to- day denied there were any facts to a story printed in the United States withdrawal of all United Nations forces from Korea. He referred to a copyrighted st by Keyes Beech, Chicago Daily News cerrespondent covering MacAr- thur’'s headquarters, ~which said MacArthur was “understood to have recommended to Washington with- drawal of all United Nations forces from Korea.” Beech said he ob- tained his information from “authoritative sources.” ' Asked to comment on the story Col. Marion P. Echols, MacArthur’s official spokesman said: “There has been nothing official or unofficial said regarding thc evacuation of Korea. That story is ¥ O. P. Hubbard, the sole Progres- |sive in the Third Senate, was elected President of that body, the other members including three Democrats, three Republicans and a Non- Partisan. James Frawley, Nome Democrat won the Presidency in 1919 when serving his first session in the Le- gislature. Twice in Chair Luther C. Hess, Fairbanks Demo- crat, who had been Speaker of the House in 1917, was elected Senate President in 1931 and again in 1935 He is the only man who has twice held the chair in the Senate and one of two men who has served as both Speaker of the House and Pres- {ident of the Senate. The other is | Andrew Nerland, Republican and | also from the Fourth Division, who | |was Speaker in 1921 and in 1947 of a 9-7 Democratic majority. The rotation of office system has worked much better in the Senate than in the House and the record Ireveals that the Third Division has | captured the Presidency six times,| the First Division five times and the Second and Four Divisions four | times each. | The Senate, like the House, has twice operated as a one-party affair. In 1935 and again in 1937 there; were only Democrats in. the Senate. But the Senate, unlike the House, | has thrice been deadlocked with the | Republicans and Democrats holding an equal number of seats. The first time was in the 5th Senate, 1921, and John Sundback, Nome Republican, was elected President. Two years ago, in an- other deadlock, Republican Gun- nard Engebreth of Anchorage came out ahead after a bitter fight that, kept the Senate galleries packed | for several days. The third deadlock has not yet been resolved. The fireworks re- sulting from the present 8-8 Sen- .ate membership will commence on be well worth watching. But any- one who desires to bet on the out- come at this stage of the game can only be classified as careless with his money. IS ARRAIGNED ON ASSAULT CHARGE Erick Karlson, 17-year-oid native boy was arraigned yesterday after- noon in the U.S. Commissioner’s Court on a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon. Judge Gordon Gray set bond at $3500, which had not been furnished at noon today and Karlson is being held in the U.S. Federal jail. The complaint against Karlson was signed by Frank Cavanaugh, Assistant’ Chief of Police in Juneau. Karlson was arrested early yes- terday morning by city police and turned over to the federal author- ities. In his complaint Cavanaugh charged that Karlson struck Anna Martin, 20, over the head and face with a bottle and then struck her with his ficts early Tuesday morn- ing in rooms over the City Cafe. The Martin girl, said also to be a hative, was taken to the Govern- ment hospital by city police, for treatment of cuts and bruises al- eged to have been inflicted by Karlson. Judge Gray said juvenile juris- diction for Karlson was waived due to the nature of the alleged assault which constitutes a felony and to the age of the defendant. He will be 18 years of age in April it was reported. b Date for a preliminary hearing has not yet been set by Judge Gray, pending further examination of the case the Judge said. The government is represented in the case by U.S. District Attor- ney P. J. Gilmore, Jr. Government hospital authorities said ‘today the Martin girl was taken to the government hospital by city police officers early Fuesday merning and was given first aid treatment for cuts and bruises on the head. She left the hospital about a half hour after receiving treatment, it was said, and was to have returned at 1 o'clock this af- ternoon for a check up but had not \yet appeared when a reporter con- |drawal of United Nations forees CHINABY U. S. purely a figment of the writer's imagination.” The story of Beech cleared cen- sorship here Wednesday, a few hours before a regulation went into effect prohibiting correspondent: from mentioning the possibility of a withdrawal from the peninsula or even a withdrawal into the old UN beachhead around Pusan. There has been a great deal of speculation since the Chinese at- tacked New Year's Day as ftc whether the greatly outnumbered U.N. divisions could hold anywhere along the peninsula. Even such speculation is now for- bidden, according to new censor- ship regulations which correspon- dents at MacArthur's headquarter: began operating under Wednesday In Washington the Pentagon said it had received no recommendation | from Gen. MacArthur for a with- from Korea. The White House declined any comment on the report. | Senator Taft (R-Ohio) has said he favors pulling American troops {& - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1951 JUNEAU LEGION AGAIN SPONSORS "TIDE OF TOYS" The American Legion is of toys to be sent from the children of the United States to the children of western Europe and Asia. Last year in Juneau many children and adults alike contributed toys to this | worthwhile cause. The generosity of these people and millions of sthers throughout America b; nuch joy into the drab lives of *hildren in countries devastated by r. Thousands of letters of appre- tion were received by donors vho attached their names and add- ] esses to their toys sent last year. The American Legion believes hat the friendships developed ymong the children of the world 1s a result of the TIDE OF TOY3 wil do much toward establishing future peace of the world, when _he children of today are the adults »f tomorrow. Juneau Post No. 4 is proud to aid the national organization in this effort. Anyone in the Jumeau area who wishes to contribute to she TIDE OF TOYS may either eave their toys at Zenger's appli- ance store on South Franklin or telephone blue 609 to have them sicked up. Dronors—especially child- -er—are urged .to attach to the ifts tags or cards with ‘heir ames angd addres: FAMOUS MARINE CASUALTY IN WAR IN KOREA WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 — (% — One of the famous little band of Marines who raised the flag on Mt. | Suribachi, Iwo Jima, is a casualty of the Korean war. A casualty list issued today con- tained the name of Capt. Harold G out of Korea if holding there means | the loss of large numbers of addi- | tional lives. | All administration prononunce- | ments however, has stressed that | the United States has no intention of withdrawing from Korea volun- | tarily. This pelicy was not under—{ stood, hcwever, to foreclose a with- | drawal if the cost of remaining! became exorbitant. (By Max Harrelson) | LAKE SUCCESS, Jan. 10—®—| The United States finally has brought into the open a four-point plan which it hopes the United | Nations will adopt as its answer | to Communist China’s intervention | in Korea. | The U. S. propcsal, calling for condemnation of the Peiping regime | as an aggressor, was outlined by America’s chief delegate, Warren R. Austin, in a speech at Atlantic City, N. J., last night. Austin said the U, S. is trying to line up strong | support for the proposal and he| expressed the belief it would suc- ceed. Although the American proposal has not yet been formalized into a resolution, its main points call for: | 1. A finding that the Chinese | Reds had flounted UN authority | and committeq aggressiun against Korea. 2. A reaffirmation of UN pur- | poses in Korea, ecalling for with-| drawal of the invader and for all UN members to refrain from assisi- ing the aggressor. 3. A call to each member to support action decided upon by the UN in proportion to the nation's ability. 4. A move (o put to work Xn- mediately the collective measures committee to consider the means to meet existing aggression and prevent further aggression. Unique Christmas Card Gives Sender Real Tax 'Headache BOSTON, Jan. 10 — (® — Phil Shea’s unique Christmas card is giving him a tax headache. Shea, a Boston Associated Press editor, had 200 greeting cards printed to resemble theater tickets. ‘The tickets invited friends to en- joy two big features, a “Merry Christmas” and “A Happy New Year” at the so-called “Yuletide ‘Theatre.” But then from the Collector of Internal Revenue Shea got a form letter calling for the customer ticket tax. “It looked to me like a good idea at the time,” said Shea, in his an- swey to the collector. “But now I'm not so sure. tacted the hospital authorities at 2:30 o'clock today. Large sleds at Madsen’s—$7.95 Schrier of Chilson, N.Y. He is wounded. Schrier, then a 1st Lieutenant, led Feb, 23, 1945. He is one of the seven men, five of whom show distinctly, Joe Rosenthal, then an Associated Press photographer. Of the seven men at the flag raising ceremony, four subsequently were killed in action in World War IT. FOUR- POINT soorLec whiskey PLAN AGAINST BOOSTED IN PRICE BALTIMORE, Jan. 10—{®—Boot- leg whiskey has been caught in the upward spiral of the price of “con- sumer goods.” United States Treasury Agent W. T. Benson says here the current price for the five gallon economy size is $33.50. A like amount of powerful Old Character Builder sold for $25 to | $28 last February, Benson says. “And,” Mr. Benson points out, “that $33.50 price applies in south- ern Maryland. On the eastern shore it’s even higher.” e FOUR CHILDREN, TWO ADULTS DIE TODAY COLFAX, WASH. FiRE COLFAX, Wash., Jan. 10—P—Six persons burned to death early to- day in a fire that swept the Robert Walker home. Police Chief Joe Deysenroth said Mrs. Walker, her four small caild- ren, and Mrs. Walker’s brother, Gene Myer, 28, died in the fire The husband was severely burned. Deysenroth said the Walker child- ren were Buddy, 1; Bobby, 3; Eileen, 5 and Dennis, 8. BiG SHIPBUILDING PROGRAM OKAYED BY HOUSE GROUP WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 — (B — There was informal talk today that the proposed 60,000-ton aircraft carrier be named for the late James Forrestal, first Secretary of Defense. This possibility was brought up as Chairman Vinson (D-Ga) assem- led the House Armed Service: Committee into closed session to hear testimony from Admiral For- rest Sherman, chief of Naval opera- tions, on the Navy’s new $2,000,- 000,000 shipbuilding program. After hearing Sherman, the com- mittee unanimously approved a bill authorizing the program. Vinson told reporters the program provides for construction of 173 new ships and a modification and con- version of 201 existing vessels. He said the committee got an estimate that the giant aircraft carrier will cost $235,000,000 to con- struct. -_— SOU‘RDOCEY DANCE SATURDAY The Sourdocey Square Dancing Club will hold its regular dance Saturday night at 8:30 o'clock at the: Parish Hall. again sponsoring a nation-wide collection CONGRESS IS URGED T0 OK DRAFT PLANS (Continued fror. ¥az2 Cre) 3 | service and training program mak- ing all physically fit 18-year-olds liable for 27 months service. Mrs. Rosenberg said that unless the armed services can eall on the | 18-year-olds they will. have to ask Congress to let them draft young married men. She said in that case, fathers, as well as husbands without children, might have to be called from the present 19-26 age brackets. They are now exempt. The proposal from the Defense officials lined up in this manner: 1. Enact long term legislation aimed at requiring training and service of all physically and men- tally fit young men beginning at age 18. 2. Until that program can be handled, take the 18 year olds who are now nearest their 19th birthday. NFFE LUNCHEON MEETING TODAY A change in the constitution to increase board members from six to 12 and a’report on benefits of- fered by the Blue Cross for hos- pitalization insurance were the chief topics of business before the luncheon meeting of the National Federation of Federal Employees at their monthly session in the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel today. President T. J. Petrich, presiding at his first meeting since his elec- tion to office for the new year ex- plained to the members that the desired change in the constitution is to provide for as many agencies 1 the Federation as is practical to be represented. He pointed out | that a more complete representa- I tion of agencies on the board was |a 40-man patrol up Suribachi on|especially desirable as board mem- ?‘ bers also act as contact officers | for the Federation. On a vote taken |in the historic photograph made by | by the membership the change was | adopted. 1 Dr. Henry Harris of the Veterans Administration, appointed = pre- | viously to make a study of the Blue Cross hospitalization insurance made his report and President Petrich named Leonard Evans of the Department of Labor to act with him and Harris to contact the agencies ‘vepreserited’ in ' ‘the' Fed- eration to determine whether mem- bership in the Blue Cross is desired. The President called the atten- tion of the membership to the fact that several bills will be introduced in the present Congress providing for an increase in pay for federal employees to take care of the con- tinuing increase in living costs since the Korean situation. He said that the local Federation has been ad- vised that National Federation offi- cers are keeping a close watch on ‘the progress of the bills and will represent all local federations. | The meeting was concluded with | the showing of the colored film, “Radiant Rockies,” produced by the Canadian Pacific Railway and loaned to the federation for today's meeting by courtesy of William Mc- Farlane, local agent for the CPR. The film was shown by Eck Guerin of LuEk’s Photo Shop. Shortly before the close of the meeting President Petrich announ- ced that at the beginning of this year the local federation has a | mmebership of 223 and five associ- ate members. A large number were present at the luncheon today. Guests at today’s luncheon meet- jing were Judge George.W. Folta, 'W. A. Wood of the Bureau of Pub- lic Roads, Hans Hebert of the Alaska Road Commission staff at Haines, L. A. Ransome of the Bu- reau. of Mines, Mrs. M. McCoy and Mrs. W. Thorne of the U.S. Coast Guard staff and Miss Betty Mc- ]Cabe of the Fish and Wildlife Serv- ice. REPLY IS DRAFTED RUSSIA’S REQUEST BiG-FOUR MEETING PARIS, Jan. 10—@—The Big Three western powers have com- pleted the draft of a new reply to Russia’s request for a big four foreign ministers meeting, it was iearned today. Reliable sources said the draft was completed by State Depart- ment officials and the British and French ambassadors in Washing- ton. The draft arrived here last night for study by foreign minister Robert Schuman. It was learned that the draft asks Russia to state unequivocally whether she is willing to discuss all problems threatening peace in- stead of only German rearmament. ELKINS TO SPEAK AT CC W. A. (Bud) Elkins will speak on the moving of the Fish and Wild- life boat repair facilities to Juneau at a regular meeting of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce tomorrow noon at the Baranof Hotel. s T s €< R ot IS4 o